Lead Engineer – EV Charging Infrastructure (all genders)
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Do stuff that matters- become part of gridX and help digitalize the energy industry with us making renewable energy accessible and affordable everywhere.
Join the EVCI engineering team which builds state-of-the-art energy management solutions focused on optimizing energy consumption at charging stations throughout Europe.
The team is responsible for creating the EVCI product at gridX which means working on two major components: On the gridBox our local controller we integrate rule-based approaches and advanced optimization techniques to offer smart charging solutions to operators of EV charging stations for our public parking fast-charging and logistics customers. Connected to this we also own backend components that enable configuration cloud EMS integrations and interfaces for our admin dashboard.
Your role split Technology meets Leadership: In this position you will combine deep technical hands-on engineering with team empowerment. We live a 70/30 split:You will spend 70% of your time as an individual contributor close to the technology (coding and architecture) and 30% of your time taking over leadership responsibilities to help your team grow.
#Recharge your career and join Dominik Philipp Raffael and the EVCI team.
- Software engineering background:3 years of production experience with Golang or expert-level proficiency in a comparable systems language such as Rust or C combined with a strong willingness to work in a Go-based ecosystem.
- Production-grade track record:5 years of overall software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering robust software solutions into production.
- Evolution into Leadership: First experience in mentoring technical leading or a strong desire to take the next career step by taking over people leadership responsibilities for a small team (approx. 30% of your time).
- Coaching & empowering peers:A coaching-first mindset with a focus on advocacy technical guidance psychological safety and enabling engineers to do their best work.
- Distributed systems & virtualization: Experience designing deploying and operating resilient distributed architectures including containerization technologies such as Docker.
- Domain curiosity:Previous experience in the energy sector is a plus but not a requirement. What matters most is a genuine curiosity for solving complex technical physical and data-driven challenges.
- Observability: Familiarity with SQL and modern analytics frameworks is a strong plus. Experience with Grafana is an advantage.
- Edge computing: Experience with (or strong interest in) IoT networks and edge computing environments.
- Flexible & mobile working:Work remotely for up to 70 days per year from anywhere within the EU.
- Vacation:Enjoy 30 vacation days plus 0.5 additional days off on both December 24th and December 31st.
- Health & sports:Receive a 30 monthly allowance for Urban Sports Club or EGYM Wellpass and benefit from company health management and mental health support offerings.
- Personal development:Access cross-functional coaching e-learning platforms and an annual development budget of 1500.
- Employee discounts:Take advantage of exclusive offers through gridX Corporate Benefits.
- JobRad:Stay active commute sustainably and save with our bike leasing program.
- Company pension plan:Benefit from a fair monthly employer contribution to your pension plan.
- Mobility support:Receive a 30 monthly subsidy for your public transportation ticket.
- Modern workplace:Work from our offices in the hearts of Aachen or Munich with IT equipment of your choice.
- Team events & culture:Experience the gridX culture through regular team events and receive an additional 100 budget per employee for department events.
- Birthday donation:Well donate 20 to a charity of your choice on your birthday.
- Sabbatical option:Take a break from your daily work routine to pursue personal projects travel or further education.
*Please note that our benefits may differ for employees working 100% remotely.
We believe in a future where the flexibility of distributed energy resources (DERs) is leveraged to make renewable power reliable and affordable for all!
Spread across Munich and Aachen our passionate and interdisciplinary team is advancing the digital transformation of the energy industry. Our leading white-label energy management platform XENON unlocks grid- and market-optimized control of DERs to lower costs open up new revenue streams enable regulatory compliance and maximize value for end users.
Join us transforming Europes energy sector with our cutting-edge EMS platform!
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We believe in a future where the flexibility of distributed energy resources (DERs) is leveraged to make renewable power reliable and affordable for all!Spread across Munich and Aachen, our passionate and interdisciplinary team is advancing the digital transformation of the energy ind ... View more
